WorkCover NSW – LPG decanting project

WorkCover has now commenced the LPG decanting project, which focuses on managing the risks association with this hazardous gas.

As part of WorkCover’s High consequence-low frequency incidents compliance program, the project has been developed in consultation with industry stakeholders and will help retailers and others who work with LPG cylinders to handle them safely. The project is an important step towards making workplaces where LPG is decanted into cylinders, safer.

The project involves WorkCover inspectors visiting metropolitan and regional retailers who decant LPG into cylinders. These visits have now commenced and apart from helping retailers with any immediate needs, will serve to verify compliance with LPG decanting safety procedures. The other key part of the project is the establishment of a strategic network to work collaboratively with industry to improve the safety of LPG decanting in NSW. Through peak industry bodies, stakeholders will be able to provide input to the project and other LPG initiatives. This consultative approach is crucial to the long-term safety of those who work with LPG.

Once the site visits have concluded (end of June 2013), WorkCover will report any recommendations for further improvement to LPG safety procedures to the broader industry.

For more information on how to handle LPG safely, you’ll find the link to the Decanting of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) into cylinders safety alert, or call WorkCover on 13 10 50.